BrainDance Winners

Art Category

1st Place

• Nicole Marie Stevens – “Nancy” – Coginchaug Regional School

2nd Place Tie

• Sophia Crasto – “The Waiting Game” – Greenwich High School
• Leo Dutkewych – “Overlooked” – Ellington High School

3rd Place

• Kayla Morelli – “The Pieces of the Puzzle ”  – Bristol Eastern High School

Mixed Media Category

1st Place

• Amelia Lavigne – “Alcoholism and Addiction”  – Bristol Eastern High School

2nd Place

• Chris Hoyecki, Jack Huscher, Braden Koba – “Everybody is at Risk” – Coginchaug Regional High School
  
  

3rd Place 

• Cayden Bernard, Seth Overton, Mekhi Watson, Conner Willett, Jason Adams, Nicholas Letourneau, Max Czellecz – "Side of Things You Don't See" – Coginchaug Regional High School

Academic Category

1st Place

• Nora Holmes – “The Cost of Cutting Corners: Long Term Impacts of Deinstitutionalization in CT” – Hall High School

2nd Place

• Nicholas Wesoloskie – “Stigma of Depression: Hope is Within Reach” – Coventry High School

3rd Place

• Kaitlyn LaRose – “PICA: No Shame in Understanding” – Coventry High School

Art Category

1st Place

• Emma Walker – “Falling” – Newington High School

2nd Place

• Caroline Smith – “My Uncle Kevin” – Coginchaug Regional High School

3rd Place Tie

• Marceline D’Errico – “My Mind Pounding” – Coginchaug Regional High School
• Junior Franco – “Depression (Another Day Gone)” – Bristol Eastern High School

Mixed Media Category

1st Place

• Cadence Hurlbert, Lily French, Aidan Garcia, Audrey Labasi, Noelle Sorenson – “It Weighs Me down” – Coginchaug Regional High School

2nd Place

• Matthew Stopka, Sebby Manning, Tyler Garretson – “Hidden Emotions” – Coginchaug Regional High School

3rd Place Tie

• Meghan Crocetto – “Depression” – Coginchaug Regional High School
• Brie-Anna McCann – “OCD is a State of Mind” – Bristol Eastern High School

Academic Category

1st Place

• Logan Gilbert – “Borderline Personality Disorder: Destroying Stigma and Promoting Normalization” – Coventry High School

2nd Place

• Sydney Blanchard – “Agoraphobia: Behind Closed Doors” – Coventry High School

3rd Place Tie

• Delaney Harrington – “Schizophrenia: The Detrimental Effects of Stigma and How to Correct Misconceptions” – Coventry High School
• Allyson Boyer – “The Truth Behind Stigma in Mental Illness” – University High School of Science & Engineering

Academic

1st Place

• Amber Hawkins, Narda Portales and Kenna Riley from Norwich Technical High School 

2nd Place

• Grace Bugnacki from Coventry High School

3rd Place tie

• Stephanie Novick, Durpy Patel, and Ismael Monteiro de Pina from Norwich Technical High School
• Olivia Ayers from Hall High School 

Art

1st Place tie

• Tracy Lam from Southington High School
• Brianna Webb and Jessy Haggard from Housatonic High School

2nd Place

• Lily Vining from Lyman Hall High School

3rd Place tie

• Michelle Carrasquillo from Windsor Locks High School
• Abigail King from Bristol Eastern High School

Mixed Media

1st Place tie

• Rivka Resnick from TECCA High School in MA
• Spencer Alsup, Conner Byrne, Dylan Sartor and Pierce Stephan from Coginchaug High School

2nd Place

• Neyshalee Carrillo and Erin Melocowsky from Glastonbury High School

3rd Place

• Eve Slemp and Sonya Huang from East Lyme High School

Teacher

• Mrs. Jane Novia O’Reilly from Fairfield Prep High School